I will be listen to this album all of August.


My Favorites
Little Red Corvette
Something In The Water
1999
International Lover
Automatic
Free
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TheKing662 said:

are you studying music/musician or are you just an avid discerning listener.

susanscourt said:

i just like the structure of this album,4 dics,great songs,im also studying it for my music class this year.I have to pick a artist who i want to sound like or adapt from.
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4 discs!!!

Wow!

PANDURITO said:

I'm sure you'll find lots to like about it, good luck with the music class assessment.

susanscourt said:

i know the album!!!My teacher just want me to be able to hit high & low notes,and the screams,i know every song on the album.

TheKing662 said:

good on you!

Firstly Good luck with the class assessment..

i hope u do well. but..... where u r thinking this i P's best.
you need to get out more..
i know i know you have your opinion. but its not his bets. its one of the best
in the top 5 of best but not thee best..

but good look there anyway

TheKing662 said:

Dood, why do U like to ask such oriented questions? Like "Is Insatiable the best Prince song of the 90s" or this one... Just ask "What is Ur best prince song of the 90"? or "What is Prince best album"..

Back to the topic, though I think "1999" is a pretty good album, I wont call it the best album... Sometimes it goes too far on the typical 80s synthpop field, and it sounds sometimes dated... "Dirty mind", "Sing O The Times" or even "Controversy" are better albums... but I still don't get why people love "Parade" and "Lovesexy" that much ... They're just average, to me ...

FrenchGuy said:

This thread isn't a question it's a opinion.

1999 is a great album, i do think sum of it sounds very 80s- delirious,and lets pretend were married. Again, its not the best, purple rain and sign of the times were better. Did I read right that u have to sound like Prince with all the screams? no one can top the scream sounds in Something in the Water. Good Luck!

No way. 1999 was great but the Gold Experience is his best work. Great album

dance4me3121 said:

im still working on the screams,but i got Insatiable & Baby I'm A Star screams

1999 is mos def in my top five, but at anybody tryna match his screaming.

Everyone has an "opinion" on what Prince's best album was. There is no definitive answer, never will be!!! To each his own.

TheKing662 said:

You're wrong about the best album (SOTT) and the number of "dics" (one on the cover).

ElCapitan said:

1999 is 4 sides
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TheKing662 said:

look up. See that remark going over your head...
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ranchero4vida said:

Well put. Make sure you get all the brilliant B-Sides (Irresistable Bitch, Horny Toad, How Come U Don't Call Me) and remixes from this masterpiece! Also hunt down, the S&M video for Automatic.

I've heard that "and the Revolution" is printed somewhere on the album cover! I've been staring at it for hours and can't find it!

I think it's his third best album after Purple Rain and Sign O The Times. 1999 was the first album that showed his diverse potential in full.

errant said:

the revolution is backwards in the football shape in the I.

I agree it's his best. It's defitnitely my favorite. I don't think anyone can make an album as good or better than this.

TheKing662 said:

FrenchGuy said:

Controversy better than 1999???...U r smoking some good shit...I think I need a hit...lol...

motherfunka said:

Frenchguy - bonjour - "sometimes it goes too far on the typical '80s synthpop field" - this was released in '82 - Prince was one of the earliest and most innovative users of synths - so I don't feel the sounds were "typical" when the record was first released.

If they now sound typical to you, perhaps that is because P's use and style with synths was subsequently very influential - which only adds to the case of this being a truly great album.

Having grown up in the '80s, whilst the use of synths became very popular, I always felt that Prince managed to get a different sound from them - rather than sounding techno/cyber like (although he did do this too - e.g. Something in the Water..) he also seemed to achieve a "human-like" quality from them - giving them some sort of characteristic/feeling.

SOTT, in my opinion, is still his best though !

My first ever Prince album
It has aged amazingly well imo.